Reading the CHA₂DS₂-VASc score: criteria, pitfalls, and CHA₂DS₂-VA
What each criterion counts, the scoring details that are easy to read two ways, and how the 2024 CHA₂DS₂-VA update changes the number.
What each criterion counts, the scoring details that are easy to read two ways, and how the 2024 CHA₂DS₂-VA update changes the number.
How the Revised Cardiac Risk Index is scored, the five details that move a patient between classes, and why published RCRI risk figures differ.
How HAS-BLED is scored, six details that change the total (alcohol units, labile INR on a DOAC, TIA), and what the guidelines say a high score means.
Why PREVENT™ gives lower 10-year ASCVD risk than the pooled cohort equations, the 2026 risk categories, input details, and how to read 30-year risk.

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